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Asia > China > Language

CHINESE LANGUAGE STATS:   All Stats  
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John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
(Pinyin: Wúmíng Shì, literally "Mr./Ms. No Name"); (Pinyin: Mǒu Mǒu, literally "so-and-so"); (using the List of common Chinese surnames with numbers, etc.) (Pinyin: Zhào Dà, literally "Zhao Big"), (Pinyin: Qián Èr, "Qian 2"), (Pinyin: Sūn Sān, "Sun 3"), (Pinyin: Zhāng Sān, "Zhang 3"), (Pinyin: Lǐ Sì, "Li 4"), (Pinyin: Wáng Wǔ, "Wang 5"), ...; (using the Heavenly Stems) (Pinyin: Mǒu Jiǎ, literally "a certain A"), (Pinyin: Mǒu Yǐ, "a certain B"), (Pinyin: Mǒu Bǐng, "a certain C"), ...; ,...
Languages
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 90.9 [80th of 174]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > % 0.98 [21st of 37]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates 1 [21st of 37]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: John Doe ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union ; Wikipedia: Nobel Prize in Literature

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: China, People's Republic of China, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo, Zhong Guo, China; Peoples Republic of, China, People's Republic, China, People's Rep, China, People's Rep. of, China PR

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